The Aberdeen local heads west through Marvin on a pleasant September afternoon.
A manifest from Amarillo, Texas heads up the St. Croix Sub towards Minneapolis, with a trio of H2 GEs, in colorful Maiden Rock.
Popping out if the Falls Cut tunnel heading eastbound, we see BNSF 4708 still wearing it's Santa Fe colors leading grain loads.
The biggest customer for EMD’s SD75I is by far the Canadian National with 175 SD75Is, while BNSF added 26 to its fleet, and Ontario Northland acquired six. BNSF SD75Is that were delivered in 19... (more)
A westbound BNSF coal train crosses the long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho, in the falling snow on January 28, 2020. During this time, BNSF was busy working on the approaches o... (more)
3 new ES44ACH's lead an eastbound SLBELPC at Blue Cut.
BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) rounds the horseshoe curve in Palmer Lake as it heads south on the Joint Line.
BNSF 6238 (ES44AC) muscles a loaded coal train through the trees east of Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF's office car train crosses the Ocmulgee River entering Macon on its way back west from the Masters Tournament
BNSF GE's make quick work of Braswell Mountain with extra Memphis,TN - Atlanta, GA train I84.
A quartet of GE ES44C4s delivered in 2023 lead an eastbound local through Escalon Ca.
A southbound BNSF Manifest speeds past Edgecliff Road in Fort Worth, Texas with BNSF C44-9W 736 trailing, still in its original BNSF Lettered Warbonnet paint
The Lincoln to Northtown manifest passes by some colorful trees on its way east, brightening up this gloomy fall morning.
A manifest from Amarillo, TX heads up the St. Croix Sub towards Minneapolis, with a matching set of H2 GEs.
Hauling seven cars of lumber, BNSF’s Sandpoint local speeds past milepost 33 between Athol and Ramsey, Idaho, on a snowy February 7, 2023.
A warm summer afternoon in the Rocky Mountains trackside along Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision sees a BNSF Denver, CO to Provo, UT trackage rights manifest making the westbound trek up... (more)
BNSF 8286 (ES44C4) leads a freight through the S curves right before getting to Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 6400 (ES44AC) runs a loaded coal southbound on the Joint Line through Colorado Springs, Colorado.
BNSF 6400 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through a snowy Monument, Colorado on the Joint Line.
BNSF 7284 leads a northbound coal train bound for Canada through Nisqually, WA under the fall colors just north of the Junction with Sound Transits Lakewood Subdivision.
The Airbnb vacation home we rented in Montana had an outdoor fire pit perfect for hanging out, enjoying a beer and grilling brats over an open fire. An added attraction is a westbound BNSF train g... (more)
BNSF 8286 (ES44C4) leads a freight through Spruce, Colorado as it runs southbound on the Joint Line.
BNSF 5695 (AC4400CW) shoves a loaded coal train towards Palmer Ridge on the Joint Line through Greenland, Colorado.
The sunrise is still a few minutes away as Pikes Peak starts to get that alpenglow while BNSF 3664 (ET44ACH) leads a coal train downhill towards Greenland, Colorado.
Autoracks head up the St. Croix Sub on a nice autumn afternoon along the Mississippi.
NTWLAU heads west on the Wayzata Sub with some nice fall foliage.
The Willmar to Northtown manifest heads east on the Wayzata Sub with a trio of older EMDs.
BNSF 9647 was delivered with the Santa Fe warbonnet and in BN Executive colors to celebrate the approval of the BNSF merger on July 20, 1995. The colors on the 9647 were not adopted by BNSF as a... (more)
BNSF 9015 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through the trees at Palmer Lake, Colorado.
BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a coal train through the S Curve at Castle Rock, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.
BNSF 8409 is in charge of taking empty coal hoppers towards Galesburg.
PRB coal loads for Plant Scherer descend the 1.1% grade on the east side of Braswell Mountain behind the usual BNSF power
Colorado’s Joint Line, when it was relocated around Denver Union Station, was once out in the open. But no longer, as can be seen by this southbound BNSF coal train growling through an urban can... (more)
A westbound powers through Maine with the San Francisco Peaks as a backdrop.
An eastbound intermodal approaches Garland Prairie Rd. on the outskirts of Williams.
After a long run up from Phoenix, an intermodal enters the city of Williams on the Phoenix Sub. The train will shortly rejoin the Transcon, where it will then change direction and head towards Ca... (more)
A Phoenix-bound manifest crosses the historic Santa Fe bridge over Little Hell Canyon. The original AZ Rt. 89 bridge is in the foreground.
An empty coal train heads towards Galesburg, seen here just North of Orion, IL.
A pair of ACes lead an empty coal train across the BNSF Barstow Sub.
BNSF 6021 (ES44AC) muscles a northbound coal train through Sedalia, Colorado on the Joint Line.
A pair of Cascade Green SD40-2s lead the Grand Rapids local towards Superior.
An eastbound BNSF grain train, viewed from US Highway 2 somewhere west of Havre, MT.
A Fast Forty is in charge of the Buckeye local as it returns to Buckeye yard.
A westbound intermodal is making track speed as it rounds the bend into Hackberry.
A mixed freight winds its way west along the lower track through Kingman Canyon.
An eastbound intermodal has just exited Kingman Canyon as it climbs past downtown.
BNSF 5200 trails on this eastbound manifest east of Cook, WA
After waiting one hour for MOW crews to clear out of the Cascade Tunnel just a few miles East of Deception Falls, BNSF finally sends its Z-CHCSSE down the hill using their Dynamic Breaks battling ... (more)
A BNSF Intermodal Train departs the Twin Cities under a cool winter sunset. An H1 Dash 9 pair running 1x1 leads the train into the cold night ahead towards LaCrosse Wisconsin.
After a relaxing night camping along the Clark Fork over the Fourth of July holiday, Minturn the Beagle watches a Montana Rail Link train roll by on the morning of July 5, 2023. We didn’t expect... (more)
Stacks wind their way down the final approach to the bridge over the Colorado River at Topock.
BNSF ACe 9015 leads a loaded coal train up the long grade between Greenland and Spruce, Colorado.
BNSF 6015 (ES44AC) leads a loaded coal southbound on the Joint Line towards Larkspur, Colorado.
BNSF 8809 (SD70MAC) brings a freight into Longmont, Colorado.
A high priority intermodal races across the final miles of Arizona as it heads on to California.
A stack train climbs through the cut on the California side of the Colorado River immediately after crossing over from Arizona.
An intermodal crests the summit at Goffs after a long climb up from Needles.
Rolling downgrade towards Needles alongside what is to soon become a third mainline track.
A BNSF intermodal fights upgrade through Ibis towards the summit at Goffs.
The Grand Rapids is about to cross under Minnesota State Highway 23 as the train makes its way towards Superior, WI.
A westbound BNSF Office Car Special meets an eastbound BNSF grain train at Muir, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s main line over Bozeman Pass on October 7, 2023. This is a deadhead move west as c... (more)
A westbound BNSF Office Car Special climbs Bozeman Pass just east of Muir, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision main line on October 7, 2023. This deadhead move is also transportin... (more)
These four power units work the Longmont, Colorado jobs. BNSF 2857 (GP39-2) works the Buck Local between Lafeyette, Boulder and Longmont and BNSF 8809 (SD70MAC) works the Fort Collins and Lovel... (more)
Sub-freezing temperatures and snow can't keep a railfan from watching BNSF 6224 (ES44AC) bring a coal train into the siding at Barr Lake on the Brush Sub.
A BNSF warbonnet leads NS125 heads east by Eckerty as it heads for Louisville.
The engineer of an eastbound manifest gives a thumbs up as he pulls out onto main 1 from Northtown Yard at the 35th Ave interlocking and an intermodal train hustles past on main 2. They're both du... (more)
Snow is whipping as a fast eastbound coal train with BNSF 6209 (ES44AC) races past a westbound coal train at Barr Lake, Colorado.
Sunrise is replacing the blue hour as BNSF 3664 (ET44ACH) leads a coal train through Palmer Lake, Colorado.
BNSF 736 leads a southbound grain empty out of the siding at Woodford.
Two BNSF locomotives off a manifest freight parked just to the west, pass a westbound vehicle train at the west end of Montana Rail Link’s Laurel Yard on the afternoon of October 8, 2023. Looks ... (more)
In a view from our Airbnb vacation accommodations, a westbound BNSF unit oil train climbs Winston Hill between Townsend and Winston, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision main line ... (more)
Power for the Boron local about to begin switching duties at Boron.
Eastbound priority train near Denair Ca.
BNSF ES44C4 8100 heads a local freight east of Denair Ca.
A northbound BNSF general merchandise freight rounds Tehachapi Loop at Walong, CA on UP's Mojave Sub. The colorful consist was led by a then-new ES44DC and included a TFM SD70MAC and a KCS GP40-2... (more)
BNSF 2549 (GP39-3) waits at the Longmont Depot in for the orders to run to Boulder, Colorado.
BNSF 8809 (SD70MAC) approaches the historic Longmont Depot, which was built in 1898 by the Colorado and Southern Railroad.
BNSF 8568 with westbound empties.
BNSF 5792 & KCS 4156 with westbound empties.
The CN transfer job got a fresh crew while an inbound BNSF manifest crossed over the Mississippi River into Memphis, TN from Arkansas.
Prime Fall Color and 130 Loaded Coal cars and wet tracks. After two failed uphill attempts with 4 BNSF engines on point and one BNSF DPU, C801-27 had to get two more CSX helpers to couple up to th... (more)
The crew of BNSF 2857 (GP39-2) ties down the train on a siding in Longmont, Colorado and will call it a day.
BNSF 8809 (SD70MAC) runs through Loveland, Colorado after picking up cars for the trip to Longmont on the Front Range Sub.
It’s October 10, 2023, at 6:15 p.m. and the last rays of sun are shaped by a mountain ridge to the southwest as the lead locomotive of a BNSF coal train momentarily gets illuminated by golden li... (more)
A BNSF H1 painted dash 9 leads NS #283 across Peachtree Creek and the CSX Abbeville Subdivision rolling into Atlanta from Charlotte.
BNSF ACe 8472 runs past the trees in full fall color mode as they head towards Palmer Lake, Colorado on the Joint Line.
A dirty SD70MAC blends in with the late fall colors as it leads a freight through Longmont, Colorado.
BNSF 8809 (SD70MAC) is in need of a wash rack as it runs through high weeds in Longmont, Colorado.
Crawling through multiple curves, an eastbound BNSF stack train passes the west switch at Bealville while climbing California’s Tehachapi Pass on a warm March 2, 2016.
With plenty of snow still on the ground in mid-March, an eastbound coal train grinds upgrade around the sweeping curves at Lake Park, MN.
